High BP

[Ben19731]

Good Morning,Currently struggling to stabilise my blood pressure. Just back from A&E after having chest pains & 200+ BP. Taking 10mg Rampril, 50 mg Eplerenone, 8mg Doxazosin, 5mg Amlodipine and 2.5mg Bisraprol. This has been going on 19 months with many visits to the GP/Consultant and A&E. Conn's syndrome has been diagnosed with recovery post surgery unlikely to achieve a reduction in my uncontrolled BP. Surgery to take place in January 2024.

[Sootyismycat]

Dear Ben

Welcome on board.

I have had huge success getting my BP to acceptable levels. I take medication including 10mg Ramipril. But I have also worked hard on getting a bit of daily exercise, sensible diet, sleep and relaxation. I use a tinnitus relaxer sometimes to get me off to sleep, sometimes just to have a quiet hour during the day. I now retire at 10pm and get up 6am. During the winter months I use a bright background light.

My BP is about 138 but fairly steady. The medics in Harrow reckoned I needed to get below 130 but here in rural Essex the guideline is 140.

In a nutshell, we need to adjust our lifestyle.

In 2016 I had a full stroke, which is something we really need to avoid. Really avoid. A stroke will neatly destroy your health in minutes. Whether my BP was the cause I don’t know, it certainly didn’t help.

Monitoring your BP is a plan, but I only take a reading weekly. Done daily I just panic and BP goes up. I won’t touch a Fitbit etc.

I do lots of gardenning. And I go to a relaxation group. Seated yoga was good.

Hope this might give you some points to consider.

Sooty

[Leonardo1]

hi

Mine too was is in scary levels and I’ve really had to up the game on walking and doing more . But my top tip is drink gallons more water - I’ve actually got off two lots of meds because my BP is more acceptable and I’m sure it’s because of my increased hydration.

BP and kidneys are very connected it’s a bore going to the loo a lot at first but that improves try it - it’s been a game changer for me .

Good luck